{"id":15063,"date":"2014-05-28T03:30:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-28T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=15063"},"modified":"2025-02-15T07:44:20","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T13:44:20","slug":"male-short-eared-owl-in-evening-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/05\/28\/male-short-eared-owl-in-evening-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Male Short-eared Owl In Evening Light"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MaleMale Short-eared Owl in evening light- Nikon D200, f5.6, 1\/1000, ISO 800, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

The nicknames for Short-eared Owls are many and include Evening Owl, Mouse-hawk, Marsh Owl, Bog Owl and\u00a0Flat-faced Owl but I just call them Shorties in the field.<\/p>\n

Short-eared Owls are active both day and night and can be seen hunting low over the ground. They have a floppy almost moth-like flight which often times helps me ID them from a long distance.<\/p>\n

The males are paler than the females and often have fewer stripes on the breast.<\/p>\n

This beautiful male Short-eared Owl in evening light was photographed in the Centennial Valley of Montana several years ago. He appeared to have been in molt.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Short-eared Owl photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The nicknames for Short-eared Owls are many and include Evening Owl, Mouse-hawk, Marsh Owl, Bog Owl and Flat-faced Owl but I just call them Shorties in the field. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":140033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1513,27,223,12,608,130],"tags":[4004,4114,2663,4433,4052,4122,4062,16036,294,2415,3971,2315],"class_list":["post-15063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beaverhead-county-montana","category-avian","category-centennial-valley","category-montana","category-red-rock-lakes-national-wildlife-refuge","category-short-eared-owls","tag-adult","tag-asio-flammeus","tag-birds-of-prey","tag-evening-light","tag-flight","tag-flying","tag-male","tag-montane-valley","tag-owls","tag-owls-of-montana","tag-short-eared-owl","tag-summer-3"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/short-eared-owl-male-flight-mia-mcpherson-8254.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-3UX","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13721,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/01\/20\/short-eared-owls-photographed-in-fog-and-evening-light\/","url_meta":{"origin":15063,"position":0},"title":"Short-eared Owls photographed in fog and evening light","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"January 20, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Both images are appealing to me because I enjoy the foggy softness of the female Short-eared Owl image and the warm, golden tones of the male Short-eared Owl photo.","rel":"","context":"In "Beaverhead County"","block_context":{"text":"Beaverhead County","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/montana\/beaverhead-county-montana\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Female Short-eared Owl photographed in a lake fog","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/short-eared-owl-female-thumbnail-mia-mcpherson-8624.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/short-eared-owl-female-thumbnail-mia-mcpherson-8624.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/short-eared-owl-female-thumbnail-mia-mcpherson-8624.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5374,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/07\/20\/short-eared-owl-in-evening-light\/","url_meta":{"origin":15063,"position":1},"title":"Short-eared Owl in Evening Light","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"July 20, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"This male Short-eared Owl in evening light was photographed last year in Glacier County, Montana not too long before the sun set.","rel":"","context":"In "Glacier County"","block_context":{"text":"Glacier County","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/montana\/glacier-county\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Short-eared Owl in evening light, Glacier County, Montana","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/short-eared-owl-perched-mia-mcpherson-4127.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/short-eared-owl-perched-mia-mcpherson-4127.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/short-eared-owl-perched-mia-mcpherson-4127.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/short-eared-owl-perched-mia-mcpherson-4127.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5936,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/08\/15\/short-eared-owl-bathed-in-evening-light\/","url_meta":{"origin":15063,"position":2},"title":"Short-eared Owl bathed in evening light","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"August 15, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"This Short-eared Owl image was taken just a little over a year ago in Glacier County, Montana. 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